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Author: NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 05:15:48

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Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death. The 88-year-old pope is responding to the sometimes morbid interest in the health of popes over centuries. Pope Francis is making his own the somewhat-mixed legacy of St. John Paul II. Francis, who at the time was the archbishop of Buenos Aires, referred to the saying again in 2018 in a speech to priests. The Argentine journalist and physician, Dr. Nelson Castro, revealed in his book “The Health of Popes” that Francis had reached out to him within a few months of his 2013 election. Francis said he saw a psychiatrist weekly during six months of Argentina’s military dictatorship. Francis had sought out help to manage his anxiety when he was trying to hide people from the military and ferry them out of Argentina. He said the therapy also helped him maintain a sense of equilibrium in making decisions of all kinds. As early as 2014 Francis was already assuming his papacy would be short-lived and that his own death was not far off.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Kotoz is a researcher in Arab food history and a Palestinian chef. They start this first episode in Helsinki, Finland, where they find The Book of Dishes. It describes ninth-century rivalries, including a singer-musician called Ziryab.

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Author: SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press, BASSEM MROUE Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 12:13:13

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The Haydar family huddled in their apartment while gunmen stalked their hometown of Baniyas. After 24 terrifying hours, a friend helped Samir Haydar, his wife and two sons escape. This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of a country torn by 14 years of civil war. Assad filled his security agencies and paramilitaries with members of the sect. Some Sunnis blame the entire community for Assad’s brutal crackdowns. Alawites say they also suffered under his rule. Rafik Haydar said armed men went into the building of one of his elder brothers. He said he saw fighters shoot a neighbor at the entrance of a nearby building. One fighter turned the body over to ensure he was dead. His father and the rest of the men were killed, Ali Sheha said. Haydar and his family escaped with help from a friend who negotiated for hours with the gunmen. The friend said that at one point, gunmen shoved and hit him, criticizing him for harboring Alawites. By the time they left, they had killed 25 members of her family, including her father and nine children between the ages of four and 15.

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Author: Ted Regencia
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Rodrigo Duterte was immediately taken into police custody on Tuesday at the Manila international airport following his arrival from Hong Kong. The arrest marks the first time a leader in the Philippines will be facing a case before an international tribunal. Duterte ran for president in 2016 on a single issue of fighting crime in the Philippines. After taking office on June 30, 2016, he immediately launched his deadly campaign. Over his six years in office, more than 7,000 people were killed in official anti-drug operations. Marcos Jr repeatedly rejected the ICC’s jurisdiction over the Philippines and on the Duterte case. In July 2023, just a year into his presidency, he categorically declared that the Philippines “will not cooperate” with the international body “in any way, shape, or form”. Marcos Jr would reiterate the same line during his visit to Germany in March 2024. But the political equation that undergirded that position on the ICC has changed. The political alliance began to crumble when supporters of the Duterte family called for Marcos’s ouster. "You will just have to kill me if I will not comply," Duterte said in a video clip. He was arrested as soon his plane landed in the Philippine capital on Tuesday. In another video posted on Instagram, he asked authorities, “What is the law and what is the crime that I committed?” Salvador Panelo, Duterte’s former legal adviser, described the arrest as “unlawful” Senator Ronald dela Rosa has also questioned the arrest. Rise Up, a group of women whose family members or children were among those killed in the drug war, also welcomed the arrest and promised to “stay vigilant and see through” the prosecution. The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) said the arrest is the beginning of accountability for the mass killings that defined his brutal rule.

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Author: Abid Hussain
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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More than 400 passengers were on board the nine coaches on the Jaffar Express. Railway sources confirmed that an emergency had been declared at a major hospital. Separatist group the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility.

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Author: Unknown
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Cyclone Jude struck Mozambique on Monday, causing widespread damage, flooding, and power outages. With winds of up to 120 km/h, the storm hit regions with a large child population. The United Nations Children's Fund is working with the government to provide emergency aid kits, shelter, and medical supplies to those affected.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 10:52:08

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Pakistani insurgents opened fire at a passenger train in the country's restive southwestern Balochistan province. After the attack, the train came to a stop in a remote area in the Bolan district. The train was traveling from the provincial capital of Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Russia’s Ministry of Defence says it has shot down 337 unmanned aircraft across the country. Three people are reported to have been killed and three wounded. The attack comes before a meeting between United States and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.

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Author: Mansur Mirovalev
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Dmitry Medvedev served as president and prime minister before becoming deputy head of Russia’s Security Council. But a Ukrainian serviceman deployed in Kursk offered a starkly different version of how the Russians barely got out of the pipeline on Saturday. About a hundred came out in our rear, split into two groups and were almost immediately ambushed by our special forces. Russians retook villages and farms and moved to encircle Kyiv’s forces in Sudzha. In part, that happened because United States President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine. The suspension “affects the organisation of warfare in Kursk for Ukraine’s armed forces”, Lt Gen Ihor Romanenko said. Ukrainian air defence forces have less time to detect and respond to the launch of swarms of Russian drones that attack civilian areas, Romanenko said. Without the satellite data, Ukraine is not the only place where Ukraine is facing potential disasters. The lack of satellite data also translates into Kyiv’s diminished capabilities to send its long-range drones to strike military sites. Ukrainian arms developers have long been trying to wean off Western weaponry. They boosted the development and production of inexpensive drones that dominate today’s battlefield. The area is completely independent of US military aid, says Kvertus CEO Yaroslav Filimonov.

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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Concern over an economic downturn has driven a stock market rout that wiped $1.7 trillion from the S&P 500. The tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 posted its worst day since 2022, wiping out more than $1 trillion in value. Investors sold shares in the so-called “magnificent seven” – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia and Tesla. Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, described Trump as an “agent of chaos and confusion” In an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday, Trump suggested that the risk of an economic downturn would be worth it. “There is a period of transition because what we’re doing is very big,” Trump said. Wall Street panicked yesterday, the White House maintained an optimistic outlook. Presidents responded to Trump’s “America First” agenda, which is marked by tariffs and deregulation, by pledging “trillions in investment commitments.” These commitments, he said, “will create thousands of new jobs” Meanwhile, Kevin Hassett played down financial market wobbles as “blips in the data” Asian stocks fell sharply on Tuesday morning, as the previous day’s US market selloff extended globally. Gold is now up 10 percent so far in 2025, after climbing 27 percent last year. Brent futures dropped by 0.65 percent to $68.83 a barrel. Citi analysts cut recommendation for US stocks to “neutral” from “overweight”. Prashant Newnaha, a senior Asia Pacific rates strategist at TD Securities, told the Reuters news agency that markets have now gotten the memo that the administration is intent on ripping the band-aid off. Since his first day in office, Trump has stated his desire to tame US inflation.

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Author: OMAR FARUK Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 11:12:51

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A car bomb explodes at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne. At least six people were killed, including two prominent traditional elders, witnesses say. The blast targeted the Cairo Hotel, which houses military officers.

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Author: Oman Al Yahyai
Published on: 11/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov are accused of involvement in an Iranian government plan to assassinate a prominent Iranian-American journalist. Prosecutors charged them in January 2023 with conspiring to murder Masih Alinejad, a journalist, author, and contributor to Voice of America. "Nobody got killed," Judge Colleen McMahon tells jurors. Amirov and Omarov pleaded not guilty and remained presumed innocent until proven otherwise. Prosecutors intend to call expert witnesses to testify that Iran has long targeted political dissidents abroad. The US government’s indictment states that Iran is actively targeting nationals of the United States and its allies living in countries around the world for kidnapping and/or execution. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested on Saturday over his role in the protest movement at Columbia University. A federal judge in New York said the 30-year-old could not be deported while the court considers a legal challenge brought by his lawyers. The US Education Department warned dozens of universities that they would lose federal money if they did not take measures. This came a few days after Columbia had $400 million (€367m) of funding cut by Trump’s government. The US president’s clampdown has been strongly criticised by civil rights groups and some university professors and students.

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